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Depends on the company. OP is quite correct, often the lunch buddy is another interview, sometimes it's just a way to give junior employees some exposure to the
by neffy 8y ago
Depends on the company. OP is quite correct, often the lunch buddy is another interview, sometimes it's just a way to give junior employees some exposure to the process, sometimes it's it really is just lunch.
I interviewed once with a finance company that recorded the entire day, openly, including the break room. I interviewed with another company, where the ride from/and to the airport was part of the interview - I was a little suspicious at the time due to the nature of the "conversation" and had it confirmed through a contact later.
Human creativity exists on both side of the hiring table.
- insomniacity 8y agoNeed more details! Was it the cab driver, or did they send an employee to meet you at the airport? I've heard old stories of interviews where you park the candidate somewhere, and get the janitor to come by and drop something, or ask for a hand - and they see how you respond. Was it like that?
- neffy 8y agoThey used a pick up from the airport service, and apparently the owner/driver was a relative of one of the senior managers. It was somewhat blatant, in the kind of questions he slipped in weren't quite in the zone for your typical taxi driver. I've never experienced anything like the janitor stories, although I can well believe them, but I did once work for a company in LA, where I struck up some really interesting friendships with a couple of the janitors who were unemployed script writers. They had some stories to tell...